NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Travis Watai, M.D.

Hospitalist Physician · Honolulu, HI

Travis Watai, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Honolulu, Hawaii, and NPI 1174884829, issued on May 30, 2012. Check the license (Hawaii 18279, as entered in NPPES) on the Hawaii Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1174884829
Name
Travis Watai
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License number
18279 HI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1301 Punchbowl St, Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone
(808) 691-7657
Enumerated
May 30, 2012
Record last updated
Jul 10, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20151203003194); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
Download card Updates feed

Also registered at 1301 Punchbowl St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Brenda Abbotnakandakari, RNDiabetes Educator Registered Nurse1760705248
  2. Janette AbramowitzPsychiatry Physician1275952335
  3. Natalie AdolfPhysician Assistant1396282414
  4. Hessam Afshari, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1811217573
  5. Cheryl Ann Afuso-Sumimoto, APRNOncology Clinical Nurse Specialist1750929253
  6. Kyan Renie AgbayaniInternal Medicine Physician1083101323

Verify Travis Watai in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersHawaii Medical Board
    Search for license 18279
    Check the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Open the Hawaii license search

PlainDoctor does not match the HHS-OIG exclusion list to individual records: most entries carry no NPI. Search the OIG exclusion list by name.

Is this page about you? You can ask us to correct, restrict or remove it: how.

96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

23 Medicare Part D claims for 12 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Travis Watai23
  2. Specialty average521

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Queens University Medical GroupHonolulu, HI

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Travis Watai among 159 hospitalist physician records in Hawaii

Travis Watai, M.D. is one of 159 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Hawaii. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 63% of them.

  • NPI issued2012 · 63% of these records are older, 31% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • Graduated2012 · median 2008 among the 129 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2018 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Hawaii practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Hospitalist Physician providers in Hawaii

There are 159 hospitalist physician records in Hawaii.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Grant Chen, M.D.Honolulu, HI 968131962536946
  2. Matthew Gadbaw, MDHonolulu, HI 968131558392969
  3. Catherine Ho, M.D.Honolulu, HI 968131275726200
  4. Dorothy Iwanski, D.O.Honolulu, HI 968131184738957
  5. Sandhya Kanade, MDHonolulu, HI 968131689787301
  6. Vasudev Kanade, MDHonolulu, HI 968131407032386
  7. Melanie Kim, MDHonolulu, HI 968131184635831
  8. Kuo-Chiang Lian, M.D.Honolulu, HI 968131346437712

Common questions

What is Travis Watai, M.D.'s NPI number?

Travis Watai, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174884829, issued on May 30, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Travis Watai, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1301 Punchbowl St, Honolulu, HI, 96813. Phone: (808) 691-7657. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Travis Watai, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Hawaii license number 18279, as entered by the provider. Search the Hawaii Medical Board at https://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/medical/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Travis Watai, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Travis Watai, M.D. had 23 Medicare Part D claims for 12 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.